Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 359 days or less for keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery". This public hospital is in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 359 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 323 days in 2016–17 to 359 days in 2024–25 — up 11% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], about 224 km away, at 257 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 359 days | not published | 33 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 310 days | 19.6% | 922 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 24.1% | 967 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 2508 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 224 km away: 257 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 256 km away: 236 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 331 km away: 295 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 336 km away: 347 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 341 km away: 145 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 343 km away: 132 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 351 km away: 87 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 353 km away: 323 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 323 | 292 | 111 |
| 2017–18 | 342 | 306 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 326 | 305 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | 337 | 286 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | 339 | 293 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 154 | 290 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 177 | 340 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | 373 | 318 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 359 | 310 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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